Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts

Thursday, February 10, 2022

Book A Chauffeur On Google Maps


Europcar is the leading automobile rental companionship inward Europe. In Deutschland the companionship too furnish a particular chauffeur service, offering luxury chauffeur driven limousines. Europcar has at nowadays launched a Google Maps based booking organisation that allows customers to mass a journeying inward their ain chauffeur driven limousine.

Customers tin hand the sack role the map to require a desired starting point, the journey's finish in addition to whatever intermediate stops that they want to make. The road is in addition to thus at i time displayed on the Google Map. After planning the road customers are in addition to thus able to require a vehicle shape for their luxury journey, notice the toll of the journeying in addition to mass their chauffeur driven limousine.

Friday, December 10, 2021

Mapping Edifice Height


Anzahl der Geschosse inwards Hamburg is an interactive map inwards the means of the many pop edifice historic menses maps which nosotros convey seen over the end twelvemonth or so. However, instead of coloring each edifice footprint on the the map yesteryear edifice age, Anzahl der Geschosse colors each edifice yesteryear the let out of floors it has.

The lighter colored buildings on the map convey the virtually stories acre the darker colors present buildings alongside less floors. The Anzahl Der Geshosse map reveals that the taller buildings inwards Hamburg are concentrated inwards the optic of the metropolis in addition to equally you lot radiate out from the optic the buildings conk less tall.

Monday, November 29, 2021

Mapping Rental Prices Inwards Berlin


The Berliner Morgenpost has published an interesting map of Berlin that allows residents to come across how much of their monthly income they volition convey to pass (on average) when renting a belongings inward the High German capital.

Wo Sie sich Berlin Leisten Können uses a sliding income command to let users to larn into their monthly income. The income command generates a estrus map of Berlin that shows what pct of the entered monthly income volition on average larn on rental costs inward the city's neighborhoods. It is likewise possible to larn into the issue of bedrooms to conform the map to present the rental costs for dissimilar sized apartments.

Thursday, July 15, 2021

The Smoker's Map Of Germany


The anti-smoking laws inwards Deutschland tin plough over the axe hold out real confusing, alongside dissimilar states enforcing dissimilar laws. Even is states which accept introduced smoking bans about venues accept been exempted. This agency that is non ever slow to innovation an even out.

What is needed is a uncomplicated map that tells you lot where you lot tin plough over the axe too cannot smoke.

Smoke-Spots is a crowd-sourced Google Map that is helpful for both smokers too non-smokers alike. Using Smoke-Spots all you lot require to create is piece of occupation inwards an address too you lot tin plough over the axe chop-chop abide by out all the venues nearby which permit smoking too all the venues where smoking is forbidden.

The map itself is real slow to read, alongside non-smoking venues indicated alongside a white too blood-red round out marking too venues which permit smoking displayed alongside a bluish marker.

Via: Landkarten Blog

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Mapping The Etymology Of House Names


Straßenkrieg is a fascinating map revealing the history behind the many Berlin street names which bring a armed services connection. The map highlights Berlin streets which bring been named later battles, of import armed services leaders or High German the world forces regiments.

All the armed services connected roads are highlighted on the map amongst colored lines. The colors signal the historical menses associated amongst the road's name, e.g. Prussian, the Weimar Republic, National Socialism or post-WWII. If you lot pick out a route on the map you lot tin travel read a brief explanation of the armed services relevance of the road's cite in addition to click-through to read a to a greater extent than detailed concern human relationship of the mortal or battle memorialized.


Straßenkrieg reminds me a lot of the History of San Francisco Place Names. The History of San Francisco Place Names is a fascinating insight into the history of the names behind the city's landmarks in addition to streets.

Click on whatever of the streets or landmarks, marked inwards bluish on the map, in addition to you lot tin travel notice out who it was named later or where its cite originally came from.

Monday, May 17, 2021

Outdoor Swimming Inwards Berlin


I similar this uncomplicated together with understated map of Berlin swimming lakes together with swimming pools. Berliner Badenstellen shows the locations of outdoor swimming locations together with indoor swimming pools inward together with merely about the High German capital.

The purpose of earthy natural tones on the map complements the map's focus on where you lot tin plow over the axe swim inward nature inward Berlin. The sparing purpose of alone 2 3d buildings on the map equally good helps past times non overwhelming the map amongst visual noise. The alternative of 2 of Berlin's merely about recognized landmarks, the Berliner Funkturm tower together with the Berliner Fernsehturm tower, render plenty geographical context for the user without distracting attending from the swimming lake markers.

If you lot conduct a marking on the map you lot tin plow over the axe become brief data on the depth together with the H2O character available at that location.

Sunday, May 2, 2021

Bike Video Routes Inwards Berlin


Grab your virtual wheel helmet as well as accept a ride through the Tiergarten as well as the Brandenburg Gate as well as along the Unter den Linden alongside Cyclodeo's novel wheel video coverage inward Berlin. Cyclodeo's mission to video all the world's wheel paths has taken approximately other pace forrad alongside the liberate of video mapped wheel routes for Berlin.

Cyclodeo is a actually useful application that enables cyclists to detect cycling routes on a Google Map as well as preview the road yesteryear watching a video of it existence ridden. With this novel liberate Cyclodeo has added 86 wheel rides inward Berlin roofing to a greater extent than than 200 km. Even if yous aren't a Berlin cyclist yous tin role these novel video routes to accept a virtual tour of Berlin.

Once you've taken inward Berlin on Cyclodeo yous tin deed on to persuasion wheel video routes inward San Francisco, New York, London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen as well as Eindhoven.

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Mapping Squatting Inward Berlin


Berlin Besetzt is a map showing the locations of squats inwards Berlin from 1970 to the introduce day. You tin persuasion all the houses that convey been squatted inwards this menses or you lot tin purpose the engagement slide command to persuasion the history of squatting inwards Berlin over the final few decades.

Using the engagement command it appears that 1981 was the golden historic menses for squatters inwards Berlin. It is likewise interesting to banknote the ascent of squatting inwards due east Berlin afterwards the autumn of the Berlin Wall. The map likewise reveals that Kreuzberg has remained a really pop expanse for Berlin squatters for to a greater extent than that 30 years.

Sunday, April 18, 2021

Mapping Jewish History Inward Hamburg


The Google Maps API tin hold upward a wonderful resources to assist students larn most the world. It tin also hold upward used every bit a tool to assist introduce schoolhouse projects inwards a visually appealing in addition to engaging manner. The best example I've seen of a Google Maps aided schoolhouse projection is Geschichtomat.

In Geschichtomat - Explore Hamburg’s Jewish History! Hamburg schoolhouse students were fix the chore of exploring the history of Jewish life inwards Hamburg in addition to exploring the traces of the city's Jewish yesteryear inwards their ain districts. The students achieved this yesteryear researching Jewish life inwards their neighborhoods, questioning witnesses in addition to studying historical documents.

The students were in addition to hence asked to introduce what they had learned most Hamburg's Jewish history through video, photographs in addition to text. These presentations were in addition to hence added to the amazing Geschichtomat Google Map. The map non alone provides a non bad mapped tape of the students' function simply is inwards itself a non bad multi-media direct to Hamburg's Jewish past.

Friday, April 16, 2021

Isochrone Story Search


SONA is a handy map that tin assistance you lot notice apartments to rent inward Berlin yesteryear move time.

If you lot instruct into the location of your workplace together with the fourth dimension you lot are prepared to commute into the SONA application you lot tin sentiment all the available apartments inside your acceptable move fourth dimension on a MapBox created map. All the areas you lot tin move to on populace transit inward your commute fourth dimension are shown on the map amongst an isochrone layer.

The isochrone layer is colored inward x infinitesimal segments, together with therefore you lot tin easily say at a glance how long it would convey to move to each of the displayed properties. If you lot select an apartment's mark on the map you lot tin sentiment all the details well-nigh the apartment. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 transit road is likewise automatically displayed on the map showing your road from operate to the floor together with how long the journeying would take.

SONA was designed yesteryear route360, specialists inward online spatial search, road planning together with move fourth dimension analysis.

Sunday, March 21, 2021

The Berlin Map Of Football Game Fandom


Berlin is a divided city. Despite the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, Berlin remains a metropolis split inward two. In due east Berlin the one-time communist neighborhoods stay wedded to supporting ane football game club, acre their neighbors inward the due west exhibit allegiance to an solely unlike football game team.

The Berliner Morgenpost has created a map of football game fandom inward the High German capital. Using information obtained from Hertha Berlin as well as FC Union Berlin the paper has produced a map showing where the members of both football game clubs live.

The Berliner Fußballkarte shows the unwrap of registered members for each guild inward each Berlin neighborhood. Each neighborhood on the map is colored to exhibit the guild alongside the nearly members inward that neighborhood. If y'all mouse-over a neighborhood y'all tin grade notice detect out the exact total of numbers each guild has inward that area. The map is non restricted to fans inward the High German capital, if y'all zoom out y'all tin grade notice discovery the unwrap of registered members for each football game guild inward the whole of Germany.


The Berliner Morgenpost map was inspired yesteryear the New York Times' maps of sports fans inward America. The New York Times has created 2 maps which exhibit the unwrap of fans of basketball game as well as baseball game teams inward the USA, based on their unwrap of Facebook 'likes'.

Mapping the Basketball Nation as well as the Map of the Baseball Nation both split the USA into novel regions based on the unwrap of supporters of basketball game as well as baseball game teams across the country.

Friday, March 19, 2021

2,500 Historic Maps Of Germany


Virtuelles Kartenforum 2.0 is a collection of over 2,500 geo-referenced historical High German maps.

Using the Virtuelles Kartenforum portal you lot tin search for an historical map yesteryear name. You tin too search yesteryear appointment attain together with yesteryear location. To search yesteryear place you lot tin pan together with zoom the map together with all the available historical maps inside the electrical flow map bounds volition survive listed inward the map sidebar.

Select an historic map from the results together with you lot tin stance it equally an overlay on an OpenStreetMap. You tin overlay equally many historical maps over the modern map equally you lot similar together with you lot tin command the opacity of each map that you lot bring added.

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

The German Soccer Supporters Map


Yesterday's Berliner Fußballkarte from the Berliner Morgenpost appears to accept been simply a teaser for a full-blown map of Bundesliga fandom. The Berliner Fußballkarte shows the registered supporters of Berlin's tiptop ii football game clubs, Hertha Berlin too FC Union Berlin. The Berliner Morgenpost's novel map shows where the registered supporters of 8 of the eighteen Bundesliga clubs live.

The map uses information obtained from the 8 German linguistic communication clubs showing where their registered supporters live. The Berliner Morgenpost is releasing the map inwards beta until a fourth dimension when they accept the information from all eighteen Bundesliga clubs.

Fußballkarte (BETA) shades each neighborhood inwards Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany based on the gild alongside the well-nigh registered supporters inwards that neighborhood. If yous mouse-over a neighborhood yous tin persuasion the set out of registered supporters for each of the 8 clubs.

As good equally the Berliner Fußballkarte in that place is likewise a localized Hamburg version of the map. Hamburger Fußballkarte is a map of Hamburg showing where HSV too St. Pauli accept the well-nigh fans inwards the city.

Friday, March 5, 2021

The Crowd-Sourcing Robot Cartographer


Artists Manfred Kraft, Tom Kresin too Michael Volkmer accept only finished a mapped based interactive fine art exhibition at the Wiesbaden Museum of Fine Art inwards Germany.

The Radwende get involved a robot cartographer creating a daily heat-map from the previous day's cycling tracks of Wiesbaden cyclists. Anyone could contribute to the artwork past times downloading the Radwende mobile app too using it to rails their bike rides.

The exhibition has finished but yous tin hand the axe instantly sentiment a Leaflet map of all the contributed tracks to the Radwende campaign. The map includes the information from over 3,000 bike journeys roofing 16,756 km inwards distance.

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Go Berlin - The Map Lead To Berlin


If yous alive inwards Berlin, or convey plans to see the metropolis whatever fourth dimension soon, in addition to hence yous should straight off bookmark Go Berlin. This is the alone map of Berlin that yous are always probable to need.

Go Berlin is a novel events listings in addition to metropolis map from Berlin magazines Zitty in addition to Tip Berlin. At the 2nd the map is alone inwards an Alpha free phase only it is already an invaluable conduct to discovering where to become in addition to what to practice inwards Germany's upper-case missive of the alphabet city.

Using the map yous tin sack search for upcoming events nether the 'Programm' heading. Here yous tin sack detect theatre, cinema, gigs in addition to other events inwards the city. Select this pick in addition to the location of upcoming events volition last added to the map. Click on a marking in addition to yous tin sack sentiment details virtually the event, including the address of the venue in addition to the appointment in addition to starting times of upcoming events.

The 'Gastro' department allows yous to add together the locations of cafes in addition to restaurants to the map. Select a restaurant's marking in addition to yous tin sack read a review of the eating home in addition to sentiment all the details yous postulate to majority a tabular array in addition to detect the restaurant.

As yous browse the Go Berlin map yous tin sack star private events in addition to venues that grab your core to practice an private map of all the restaurants, events in addition to places which yous innovation to see inwards the city.

Saturday, August 15, 2020

Twenty 5 Years Since The Berlin Wall


The Berliner Morgenpost has published a cracking aerial sentiment map of Berlin which allows you lot to compare the modern 24-hour interval Berlin amongst the Berlin of 1989.

Twenty-five years agone this Nov the Berlin Wall was torn down. Since thus Berlin has been transformed. Using the Berliner Morgenpost's novel interactive map Die Narbe der Stadt (The Scar of the City) you lot tin compare the Berlin of 1989 amongst the Berlin of 2014, using aerial imagery of the metropolis from both years.

You tin pan too zoom the map too switch betwixt the aerial views from the 2 years to compare the Berlin of today amongst the Berlin of 1989. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 card inwards the top-left corner of the map provides quick links to roughly of import locations inwards the metropolis which convey been transformed inwards the final twenty-five years.

High German speakers tin too read a long-form guided tour of the Berlins Wall's i time boundary to acquire to a greater extent than nigh how the metropolis has changed since the collapse of East Germany.

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

The 17Th Century Conduct To Pomerania


The Seventeenth Century mathematician too philosopher Eilhard Lubinus was commissioned inwards 1610 to practice a map of Pomerania. Lubinus.pl has made the inspired conclusion to role Lubinus' beautiful Pomerania map every bit the terra firma for a guided tour of the region.

Mapy Lubinusa uses the Google Maps API to plough Lubinus' Seventeenth Century map into an interactive require for visitors to modern twenty-four hr menses Pomerania. The edge of Lubinus' map is decorated alongside portraits of the 49 towns of Pomerania. Mapy Lubinusa has created nine guided tours, which y'all tin follow on the interactive version of the map, taking inwards all of the 49 towns featured inwards the map border.

You tin hence role Mapy Lubinusa non entirely to explore the Lubinus Pomeranian map inwards especial simply every bit a modern tourist require to the region. The map itself is augmented alongside an animated cloud layer too a break of animated map features.

Saturday, June 27, 2020

The Interactive Newspaper Map


Hans Hack is a High German spider web developer who has created a break of interesting interactive maps. Hans' Straßenkrieg is ane of my favorite High German maps. This map reveals the history behind Berlin street names which convey a armed forces connection.

The map highlights Berlin streets which convey been named later battles, of import armed forces leaders or High German regular army regiments. The colors of the roads dot the historical catamenia associated amongst the road's name, e.g. Prussian, the Weimar Republic, National Socialism or post-WWII. If yous involve a route on the map yous tin read a brief explanation of the armed forces relevance of the road's elevate together with click-through to read a to a greater extent than detailed describe of piece of job organisation human relationship of the mortal or battle memorialized.


I likewise similar Hans' interactive newspaper cut-out map. Paper cutting maps tin endure really beautiful withal they aren't really useful every bit maps. Therefore Hans decided to brand an interactive version of his newspaper cutting map of Berlin.

Hans created map tiles from a photograph of his newspaper map of Berlin together with used Leaflet.js to practise the interactive map. The map is fifty-fifty geo-refrenced, which agency yous tin click on the map together with become the latitude together with longitude of whatsoever dot on the map.


I likewise similar Hans' Animated Map of Berlin. This map uses iii unlike base of operations maps, each amongst a unlike color scheme. The map thus continually fades betwixt the iii unlike base of operations maps to practise a map which is ever changing color.

Hans has created a break of other interesting interactive digital maps which yous tin sentiment on his Portfolio page.

Maps Inwards Literary Research


"All the world's a Google Map as well as all the men as well as women mere data-points upon it". - Billy Shakespeare

The TransVis Othello Time Map is purpose of a query projection past times Swansea University to explore how digital tools tin dismiss back upwards literary research. TransVis collects, digitises, analyses as well as compares translations as well as variations of literary works. The TransVis Othello Time Map plots when as well as where 37 High German translations of Shakespeare’s Othello were written as well as published inwards Germany.

Individual High German translations of Othello are displayed on the map past times date. You tin dismiss choose whatever of the map markers to larn to a greater extent than nearly each private translation of Shakespeare's play. You tin dismiss also occupation the time-line command to filter the translations displayed on the map past times date.

Mapping Province Use


Today I've been showcasing to a greater extent than or less of the interactive maps designed yesteryear High German spider web developer Hans Hack. One of my favorite of Hans' maps is Flächennutzungstool, an interactive map which allows you lot to inquiry a map of FRG for province use.

Flächennutzungstool (Land Use Tool) shows how province is used based on OpenStreetMap data. The map includes 3 drawing tools (circular, rectangular too polygon) which allows you lot to pick out an surface area on a map of FRG to run into the proportion of dissimilar province usage.

After you lot pick out an surface area on the map, features are automatically colored yesteryear province use. The colors betoken residential, commercial too greenish infinite province purpose inwards the surface area selected. As good equally coloring features on the map yesteryear province purpose a graph is drawn inwards the map sidebar to exhibit the proportion of province purpose for each classification inwards the surface area which you lot convey selected on the map.